Knockdown christmas tree



C. J. CARLSTRAND.

KNOCKDOWN CHRISTMAS TREE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1919'.

1,345,475, PatentedJuly 6, 1920.

UNITED? STATESQV'PATENT, for e-ice "CHARLES J. 'CARLSTRAND, or MINNEAPOLIS, ivrrnnnsora.

xnooxbown CHRISTMAS TREE.

To all whom it may concern.';- 1

Be it known that I,JC"ARLEsLJ;'CA L- STRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of .Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Knockdown Christmas Trees; and I do hereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same;

My invention has for its object to provide an artificial knock down Christmas tree which is adapted to be chieflymade in plan- .ing mills, sash and door factory and else where, where wooden articles are made.

This artificial knock down Christmas tree comprises a knock down tree, a base, a trunk or column, a plurality of arms or so-called branches, and candle sticksapplied to the 7 ends of the branches or arms. These several parts are capable of being interlocked quickly to form a Christmas treeand to be quickly separated, so that the elements of the Christmas tree may be packed away in small space for shipment or storage.

A Christmas tree of this character 'will' have ornamental appearance and will last indefinitely. It is made up of a plurality of wooden elements of the'simplest kind of character'which is therefore adapted to be very cheaply made, and moreovermay be made of small or short pieces of lumber or wood that are not useful for any other pur- )OS9 and whichtherefore have smallcoml v 7 mercial value. v

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the Christmas tree, showing candles applied thereto, one of the arms or branches being removed;

Fig. '2 'is a perspective view some parts broken away, showlng the base and a portion of the trunk of the tree, certain of the elements beingseparated to better illustrate the manner in which they, are adapted to interlocked v Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectionapproximately on the line 3 3' of Fig. 1'; and r p Specification of Letters Patent;

up quickly for use and knocked quickly when time of use is over; More- 4 is a fragmentary horizontal section approximatelyon .theline 1 4-4 of Fig. 1

The base is made up of three elements to wit; a long fiat piece bar 5 and'two' end of the bar 6 is formed with tenons 8 thatare adapted to closely fit mortises 7 Bar 5 at the central portion of its front is provided with a mortise 9 that is adapted] "to be engaged by the tenon 10 of the trunk .11. The trunk 11 is preferably a rectangular wooden bar, the upper end of which is'reduced at 12 and formed with an axial hole that is adapted to hold a candlea. In its flat side the trunk 11 is formed at different vertical points with .mortise- 13 that 'are p 1 Patented July 6,1920."v

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adapted to receive the tenons 14 of arms or branches 15. At certain places the corners of the trunk 11 are provided with mortises 17 that are adapted to be engaged by tenons 18 and on inner end members 19.

It will be noted that the branches 15 are sets of four with the members of the set in the same horizontal plane, and that the branches 19 are also in sets of four with the members of the same horizontal plane, but that the set of arms 15 and 19 are in different horizontal planes so that the arms are distributed evenly and project from the tree in such manner as will give a good imitation of an actual tree. The said arms or branches from the direction from the bottom toward" the top are progressively shorter and shorter so as to further imitate a tree.

' To the outer ends of the branchesor arms 15 and 19. are applied candle sticks or holders 20. These holders or candle sticks 20 are preferably square wooden blocks suitably secured through the outeren'ds of the branches and having holes adapting them to receive'candles a.

. The members that make up the tree may be painted in any desired, color, butpreferably would be painted green to further indi in view. It is very strong and may beloaded with all sorts of ornamental articles as well asthe Christmas-presents. Itmay be set down cate a Christmas tree. Atre e of the above over, it will last many years so that its total cost is verysmall. Of course, it may be made in all sorts of fashions.

What I claim is; v 1 An artificial knock down Christmas tree vertical points having horizontal groups of mortises in itsflat sides, said trunk further havingits corner edges provided with mortises arranged in horizontal groups between said first groups, arms or'branch-members having tenons on their inner ends for interlocking engagement with the mortises above noted in said trunkfblock like candlesticks 7 I applied to the outer endsof said branches orv arms. I

I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence or two witnesses.

CHARLES J. CARLSTRAND.

Witnesses: V I I v V CLARA DEMAREs'r, V V BERNIOE Gr BAUMANN, 

